Incidence and Prevalence of Incontinence

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, approximately 13 million people in the United States suffer from urinary incontinence. The condition is far more prevalent in women than men. In the general population aged 15 to 64 years old, 1030 percent of women versus 1.55 percent of men are affected. At least 50 percent of nursing home residents are affected. Of that number, 70 percent are women.